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CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2009-3616
QEMU VNC Server Double Free Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities
Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 23, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3616 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Qemu qemu
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
This addresses multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the VNC server of QEMU.
  • Update the QEMU and KVM packages to address the vulnerability.
  • Apply the relevant patches.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-3616.

URL Resource
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5 Broken Link Exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331 Broken Link Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915 Mailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8 Mailing List Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131 Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567 Issue Tracking
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5 Broken Link Exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331 Broken Link Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915 Mailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8 Mailing List Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131 Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567 Issue Tracking
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-3616 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-3616 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-3616 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-3616 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5
    Added Reference http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5 Exploit http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5 Broken Link, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331 Exploit http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331 Broken Link, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5 Mailing List, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8 Mailing List, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641 Exploit, Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567 Issue Tracking
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-399
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.10.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.10.6
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.9
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 8.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.86 }} -1.17%

score

0.72892

percentile